Sunday, 21 October 2007

A Nice Weekend (despite the date)

This weekend was a sad anniversary for my family. So, not wanting to be alone, we gathered at Aunty Belle's. Despite the date, our gathering was mostly joyous--largely because of Istra and Emeth and their uncanny powers of distraction.

Istra entertained with a never-ending round of ABC's, while Emeth seems to have learned yet another skill overnight. He is now making noises which sound a lot more like human speech; he rolled over this morning and said something that sounded a lot like "Hey, Dada!" and hasn't really stopped with these developmentally appropriate consonant-vowel combinations. He also seems, all of a sudden, to be almost crawling. He doesn't quite have the traditional crawl down, but he does a pretty good improvised bunny hop to get where he wants to go (mostly to plugs and cords and other wires we'd prefer him to avoid).

The weekend was beautiful--unseasonably sunny and warm. Very unlike that weekend three years ago. It seems a small mercy when nature directs us to reflect on what we had and enjoyed and loved, rather than what we've lost.

Oh, the family picture is "picture perfect"! Emeth is such as gerber baby! Can i eat him? Istra is doing her ABC's already! What a smart girl! I can't wait to come over. Hmmm...maybe after Dec 6th? I'll be done with my term then. I want to see the babies! [posted by: elena]